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Presidential Trivia. Question: Eight of our Presidents were born British subjects. Identify five of these presidents. Answer: George Washington, John.

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1 Presidential Trivia

2 Question: Eight of our Presidents were born British subjects. Identify five of these presidents. Answer: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, and William Henry Harrison.

3 Presidential Trivia Question: Identify the oldest and youngest elected presidents. Answer: The oldest elected president was Ronald Reagan (age 69); the youngest was John Kennedy (age 43).

4 Presidential Trivia Question: Four presidents were assassinated while in office. Identify these presidents. Answer: Abraham Lincoln, Arthur Garfield, John McKinley, and John Kennedy

5 Presidential Trivia Question: Identify the three presidents who died on July 4 th. Answer: Presidents John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe

6 Presidential Trivia Question: Identify the presidents who are portrayed on U.S. coins. Answer: Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Washington, John Kennedy, and Dwight Eisenhower

7 Presidential Trivia Question: Identify the only U.S. president to never live in the White House. Answer: George Washington

8 Presidential Trivia Question: Who was the tallest president? Who was the shortest president? Answer: The tallest president was Abraham Lincoln at 6'4"; at 5'4", James Madison was the shortest

9 Presidential Trivia Question: Which president was wounded in the Revolutionary War? Answer: James Monroe was wounded during the Revolutionary War

10 Presidential Trivia Question: There are two presidents who have fathers who were also president. Identify these two father-son presidents. Answer: John Quincy Adams was the son of a former president- John Adams. George W. Bush is the son of George H.W. Bush.

11 Presidential Trivia Question: Who was the president who began the annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House? Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes held the first Easter egg roll on the White House lawn.

12 Presidential Trivia Question: Who was the first president to win the Nobel Peace Prize? Answer: Theodore Roosevelt was the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

13 Presidential Trivia Question: Who was the first president to have earned a Ph.D? This president received a degree in political science in 1886. Answer: Woodrow Wilson was the first president to have earned a Ph.D. He received a degree in political science in 1886.

14 Presidential Trivia Question: Who was the first president born in a hospital? Answer: Jimmy Carter was the first president born in a hospital.

15 Presidential Trivia Question: What president was the first actor elected president? Answer: Ronald Reagan was the first actor elected president. He acted in 53 films before becoming president


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